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stock gem
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 11:00 am    Post subject: springs Reply with quote

i want some lowered springs and was thinking what type of springs you guys recommend for both price and quality.
If i get springs should i get a new sway bar or someshit?
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GROOV3
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 11:06 am    Post subject: Re: springs Reply with quote

king springs are the most common
reasnonably cheep
you need a new pan hard rod if you lower the back alot

but yeah pedders springs are more expensive and dont go as low

most other brands are the same price as kings if not dearer
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stock gem
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 11:51 am    Post subject: Re: springs Reply with quote

for the pan hard rod where would i get one from?
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ATG23Q
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 11:52 am    Post subject: Re: springs Reply with quote

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GROOV3
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 11:56 am    Post subject: Re: springs Reply with quote

white line make them
i think you can also get otehr ones just ask at the place you get done they will tell you all you neeed
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stock gem
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 12:33 pm    Post subject: Re: springs Reply with quote

where in adeliade can i get the kings or k-macs for a decent price?
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Pavlos
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Joined: 05 Oct 2001
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 12:37 pm    Post subject: Re: springs Reply with quote

There was a post on here a few weeks back at the quality of springs. Apparently king springs are really shit.
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stock gem
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 12:44 pm    Post subject: Re: springs Reply with quote

OK then where can i get some Kmacs in adelaide?
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GROOV3
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 12:56 pm    Post subject: Re: springs Reply with quote

yeah but they werent sure
i dont belive they use old ones and re sdjust them as kings are alot thicker and the effort to do it for all different models would be far to much work for them it woudl be easier if they just bhp or similar to supply steel and they coil it

you can get kings at cv drive shafts near gemispares
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mystikal21
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 1:08 pm    Post subject: Re: springs Reply with quote

you got an angle grinder, well you know what to do chop em
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stock gem
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 2:49 pm    Post subject: Re: springs Reply with quote

yeah i no i can do that but then my gem will be like me mates. Gay and Shitty. and mines better than that
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Stock TE
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 7:17 pm    Post subject: Quick Question. Reply with quote

Do you want to (1) make the car handle better or (2) make the car sit lower?
If its 1 I would get shocks, if its 2 I would get springs. Springs make the car sit flatter because of a lower centre of gravity and because the springs are harder, but the shocks increased turn-in, make the car less floaty and more predictable. This is all personal experience, but others may have had different experience with different spring/shock combination (mine was pedders sports ryder lowered (pretty sure) and monroe gt gas shocks).
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